Re: Opinions on hitting training devices?

Or they can be made of a coach standing on a step-ladder or table
holding a ball. This is what our poor college club team did.

Static hitting works great for helping with form and technique, but I
found it plays hell with ones timing. Be sure to work on hitting with
set or thrown balls immediately after static hitting to reinforce the
technique with the timing.

enialle <enialle@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> pontificated wisely that:

>On Tue, 17 May 2005 17:51:44 GMT, "Tom Carroll"
><ts_carroll@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>These devices are also extremely expensive. Similar devices can be made for
>>about $8 out of pvc piping.
>
>yeah that's true but some of us have to figure how to do that? do you
>have plans or suggestions how to build one with PVC?
>>
>>
>>"Alan Sung" <al@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>news:OIidnYN2AcAiW-PfRVn-tA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> I've seen several different training devices used to teach hitting. One is
>>> the Spike-it which is a metal loop that holds a ball with styrofoam. The
>>> other is a ball that is suspended by a rope from a platform.
>>>
>>> Anyone care to share their experiences with these devices or any others
>>> that
>>> are out there? I know you want to transition to hitting balls that are
>>> actually being set, either by a person or a machine, but these statically
>>> positioned balls must be useful at some point.
>>>
>>> -al sung
>>>
>>>
>>
>
>
>~keep in mind the author of this post likes windows~

Kevin Miller
zvyyre11@xxxxxxxxxxxx (rot13)

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